WATCH: 'Helping Coleraine to title would mean everything' - Burns
Ex-Linfield midfielder is guest on our Cool FM Facebook Football Show
Last updated 8th Feb 2018
Coleraine’s new signing Aaron Burns has revealed that helping the Bannsiders to a Danske Bank Premiership title would surpass all of the honours he has won to date in the game.
Burns (25) joined Oran Kearney’s young side last month after spending a life-time at Linfield where he won the treble and a host of other trophies.
But, guesting on this week’s Cool FM Facebook Football show, he says a title with Coleraine would be incredible.
“If I could go on and help Coleraine win this league it would probably be my best league title yet to be honest with you,” he said.
"I've won so many trophies and they've all been fantastic but to take Coleraine and hopefully try to push them on a wee bit further to that league title would be fantastic."
Burns learned last month that after 10 years with the Blue, his contract was not being renewed and he was free to leave.
He pondered over a number of offers including League Two side Crawley Town but ended up signing for Coleraine.
Burns said it had been heart-breaking to leave.
“To be honest I was hurt when you have been there for so long and you have made so many friends and I felt I was a key part of that dressing room,” he said.
“I was upset and annoyed but that’s the life of a footballer – it has a very short time-span and you have to be ready at some stage to move on.”
On rumours of bad relationship with Healy: "I think it's been widespread that we had a turbulent relationship - that is false. The only time David and I had words was when I wasn't playing. If I was left out then I was annoyed, I was probably angry. But if I was a manager and I'd left 4 boys out of my team and they were happy sitting on the bench, then I'd be thinking, 'this isn't good.'"
Healy continued: "I was never a problem. I just wanted to play that much that sometimes it was hard to keep your emotions in when you weren't playing. I wouldn't be a person for hiding my emotions. I was just honest."
Also on the show, which can be viewed in full right now on our Facebook page (click on link below) is former Cliftonville and Glentoran manager Eddie Patterson